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Seek and ye shall find: CareFirst notifies brokers and members of 2014 breach

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Sometimes doing the right thing can be costly. In the wake of increasing attacks on health insurers (e.g., Anthem, Premera), CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield retained Mandiant to do an end-to-end assessment of their information security environment. The assessment included multiple scans to determine if there was any evidence of any attack. On April 21, 2015, Mandiant uncovered evidence…

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FL: Tax Fraudster Receives 27-Year Prison Sentence; Scheme Used Stolen Patient Information

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Some of the breaches mentioned in this press release had been covered on PHIprivacy.net. Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell has sentenced James Lee Cobb, III (27, Tampa) to 27 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity…

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No private info exposed in 2nd Lewisburg Area School District breach

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Marcia Moore reports: A second computer breach in the Lewisburg Area School District in March did not expose any personal student or staff information, Superintendent Mark DiRocco said. Unlike the October incident in which the FBI was called to assist the Buffalo Valley Regional Police investigating a Lewisburg student who twice hacked a school cafeteria…

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Newark police captain charged in data theft suspended without pay, officials say

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Vernal Coleman reports: The Newark police captain arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged data theft scheme has been suspended, Newark Police Department spokesman Sergeant Ronald Glover confirmed. Captain Anthony Buono, 60, of Millstone, was upon his arrest immediately suspended from active duty without pay pending the outcome of the investigation and trial, Glover said. Read more…

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Georgia Man Pleads Guilty To Filing 62 Fraudulent Tax Returns

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Bryant T. Johnson, aged 26, of Albany, Georgia entered a guilty plea to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft on June 17, 2015 before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, Senior U. S. District Court Judge,…

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PA: Hershey Medical Center notifies 1,801 patients of potential breach

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Lancaster Online reports: Penn State Hershey Medical Center said it has notified 1,801 patients of a privacy breach, after it was discovered an employee had been working with protected health information from his home computer. Officials at the hospital said in a press release Friday afternoon that results of an extensive internal investigation give no…

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